Protecting western australia’s old-growth forests: The impact of 2001 policy changes

Australian Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-142

  Houghton, D Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest policy; Forest resources; Industry; Land use; Native forests; Resource management; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

FOREST POLICY; FOREST RESOURCES; NATIVE FORESTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

HARDWOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENTS; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872283389     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2012.10676395     Document Type: Article

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